While scribes have transmitted the Hebrew Bible in its
original languages with extraordinary care for millennia, no one copyist
can be expected to have escaped all error. The surviving tradition has
accumulated many points of variation over time, and some of these pose
unavoidable challenges for translation and exegesis. In many other
ancient works, new editions based on a critical assessment of variant
readings have offered valuable insights to interpreters, but readers of
the Hebrew Bible have so far not had this benefit.
The Solid Rock Hebrew Bible aims to remedy this
situation. Based on investigation of various masoretic manuscripts,
ancient manuscripts from the Judean wilderness, the ancient versions,
and other sources, this edition prints the entire Hebrew text (in a
traditional two-column layout and an easy-to-read 13-point font, with
vowel points included for readers' convenience) and includes adjustments
made to the base text (the Leningrad Codex) in over 2,500 places.
Additionally, over 2,000 other adjustments have been made to the
diacritics. Pastors, scholars, translators, and others readers of the
Hebrew Bible will stand to benefit from this work.
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The _Solid Rock Hebrew Bible_ aims to remedy this situation. Based on investigation of various masoretic manuscripts, ancient manuscripts from the Judean wilderness, the ancient versions, and other sources, this edition prints the entire Hebrew text (in a traditional two-column layout and an easy-to-read 13-point font, with vowel points included for readers' convenience) and includes adjustments made to the base text (the Leningrad Codex) in over 2,500 places. Additionally, over 2,000 other adjustments have been made to the diacritics. Pastors, scholars, translators, and others readers of the Hebrew Bible will stand to benefit from this work.
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